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News Uganda judges call off strike after president regrets court siege
Uganda judges call off strike after president regrets court siege
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 9, 2007 03:12:00 pm

Ugandan judges Friday agreed to call off a strike after President Yoweri Museveni wrote a letter to the judiciary, expressing regret for a March 1 siege of the Ugandan High Court . The judges went on...

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News Judge orders arrest of Argentina ex-president
Judge orders arrest of Argentina ex-president
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 9, 2007 01:54:00 pm

A federal judge in Argentina Thursday ordered former president Reynaldo Bignone arrested for his alleged role in disappearances and human rights abuses during Argentina's 1976-83 "Dirty War". Judge Alberto Suarez...

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News Deportation flights halted after requests from Massachusetts governor
Deportation flights halted after requests from Massachusetts governor
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 9, 2007 12:23:00 pm

Flights carrying illegal workers caught in a federal raid in New Bedford, Massachusetts to a deportation holding facility in Texas were delayed Thursday after Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick asked federal authorities to stop the flights until the...

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News Libya death row medics will not be executed: report
Libya death row medics will not be executed: report
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 9, 2007 10:04:00 am

Six foreign medics sentenced to death in Libya will not be executed, according to Libyan Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Committee Suleiman Shahoumi, quoted by Bulgarian media. In December, a Libyan court...

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News Albany mosque leaders sentenced to 15 years for money laundering in FBI terror sting
Albany mosque leaders sentenced to 15 years for money laundering in FBI terror sting
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 8, 2007 05:05:00 pm

Two Albany, New York men convicted in a money laundering scheme set up as an FBI sting were each sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison. Former imam at Masjid as-Salam mosque Yassin Aref and mosque co-founder...

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News CIA operated secret prison in Poland: report
CIA operated secret prison in Poland: report
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 8, 2007 03:39:00 pm

The CIA operated a secret interrogation and short-term detention facility for suspected terrorists from 2002 to 2004 in a Polish intelligence training school with the explicit approval of British and US authorities, according to a Raw Story...

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News Nigeria VP cleared to run in election despite corruption indictment
Nigeria VP cleared to run in election despite corruption indictment
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 8, 2007 02:58:00 pm

A Nigerian court held Wednesday that Vice President Atiku Abubakar can run in next month's presidential election, throwing out a decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ban Abubakar after...

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News Bangladesh arrests six politicians for alleged corruption as crackdown continues
Bangladesh arrests six politicians for alleged corruption as crackdown continues
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 8, 2007 02:17:00 pm

The Bangladeshi interim government arrested six politicians, including the son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia , for alleged corruption Thursday, according to local media. Tarique Rahman was detained at his mother's house...

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News Japan PM says government will cooperate with WWII ‘comfort women’ probe
Japan PM says government will cooperate with WWII ‘comfort women’ probe
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 8, 2007 12:42:00 pm

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said his government will fully cooperate with an investigation by ruling Liberal Democratic party lawmakers into allegations that the Japanese military forced women into prostitution in...

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News France council approves law to bar amateur journalists reporting on violence
France council approves law to bar amateur journalists reporting on violence
Mike Rosen-Molina
March 7, 2007 04:57:00 pm

The French Constitutional Council has upheld a law banning anyone other than professional reporters from filming or broadcasting acts of violence. Violators would face up to five years in prison and a fine of €75,000 (US$98,537). French...

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Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots. The riots, the worst in US history to that point, killed as many as 100 people and had to be quelled by troops, some of whom had recently fought at the Battle of Gettysburg. Learn more about the Draft Riots.

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